Title :
A new adaptive separable median filter for removing blocking effects
Author :
Hsu, Yuh-Feng ; Chen, Yung-Chang
Author_Institution :
Nat. Tsing Hua Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
Abstract :
A novel adaptive separable median filter as a postfilter is presented for removing the blocking effects which generally originate from lower-bit-rate image transmission. This filter adaptively transforms from a traditional median filter to a low-pass filter progressively when the filter is close to the position of blocking effects. Simulation results demonstrate that this filter is extremely useful not only in removing the blocking effects, but also in maintaining the main advantages of the median filter such as edge preservation and noise reduction
Keywords :
adaptive filters; digital filters; image coding; low-pass filters; adaptive separable median filter; blocking effects removal; edge preservation; low-pass filter; lower-bit-rate image transmission; noise reduction; postfilter; Adaptive filters; Bandwidth; Degradation; Distortion measurement; Frequency domain analysis; Image coding; Image communication; Low pass filters; Noise reduction; Transform coding;
Journal_Title :
Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on